Methods of assessing diabetes treatment protocols based on protocol complexity levels and patient proficiency levels
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1. A method of treating diabetes of a patient comprising:
- collecting contextual information in response to responses received via a collection device prompting the patient with medical or treatment related questions before or during execution of a diabetes treatment protocol on the collection device;
determining a protocol complexity level corresponding to a degree of difficulty of completing the diabetes treatment protocol by utilizing a processor;
determining, based on the collected contextual information, a patient proficiency level corresponding to a skill set of the patient in conducting the diabetes treatment protocol by utilizing the processor;
comparing the protocol complexity level to the patient proficiency level, wherein the comparison is performed by the processor; and
subjecting the patient to a different diabetes treatment protocol executed on the collection device based on the comparison showing that the patient possesses a level of skill for the different diabetes treatment protocol, wherein the different diabetes treatment protocol comprises administering insulin to the patient.
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods of assessing a diabetes treatment protocol comprise determining a protocol complexity level corresponding to a degree of difficulty of completing the diabetes treatment protocol by utilizing the processor, determining a patient proficiency level corresponding to a skill set of the patient in conducting the diabetes treatment protocol by utilizing the processor, comparing the protocol complexity level to the patient proficiency level via the processor, and providing an output based on the comparison.
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1. A method of treating diabetes of a patient comprising:
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collecting contextual information in response to responses received via a collection device prompting the patient with medical or treatment related questions before or during execution of a diabetes treatment protocol on the collection device; determining a protocol complexity level corresponding to a degree of difficulty of completing the diabetes treatment protocol by utilizing a processor; determining, based on the collected contextual information, a patient proficiency level corresponding to a skill set of the patient in conducting the diabetes treatment protocol by utilizing the processor; comparing the protocol complexity level to the patient proficiency level, wherein the comparison is performed by the processor; and subjecting the patient to a different diabetes treatment protocol executed on the collection device based on the comparison showing that the patient possesses a level of skill for the different diabetes treatment protocol, wherein the different diabetes treatment protocol comprises administering insulin to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A collection device for supporting diabetes treatment of a patient, comprising:
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a meter configured to measure one or more selected biomarkers; a processor disposed inside the meter and coupled to memory, software having instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to; collect contextual information in response to responses received via prompts by the collection device to the patient with medical or treatment related questions before or during execution of a diabetes treatment protocol on the collection device; compute a protocol complexity level corresponding to a degree of difficulty of completing the diabetes treatment protocol; compute, based on the collected contextual information, a patient proficiency level corresponding to a skill set of the patient in conducting the diabetes treatment protocol; compare the patient proficiency level and the protocol complexity level; and execute on the collection device a different diabetes treatment protocol based on the comparison which shows that the patient possess a level of skill for the different diabetes treatment protocol, wherein the different diabetes treatment protocol comprises an administration of insulin to the patient; and a display unit configured to provide the results of the comparison.
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29. A collection device for supporting diabetes treatment of a patient, comprising:
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a meter configured to measure one or more selected biomarkers; a processor disposed inside the meter and coupled to memory; software having instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to; collect contextual information in response to responses received via prompts by the collection device to the patient with medical or treatment related questions before or during execution of a diabetes treatment protocol on the collection device; select a calculation methodology appropriate for computing the protocol complexity level of the diabetes treatment protocol wherein the selected calculation methodology utilizes predefined protocol complexity values associated with known diabetes treatment protocols, task complexity values which are assigned to one or more tasks of the diabetes treatment protocol, or combinations thereof; compute the protocol complexity level corresponding to a degree of difficulty of completing of the diabetes treatment protocol; compute, based on the collected contextual information, a patient proficiency level corresponding to a skill set of the patient in conducting the diabetes treatment protocol; compare the patient proficiency level and the protocol complexity level; and execute on the collection device a different diabetes treatment protocol based on the comparison which shows that the patient possess a level of skill for the different diabetes treatment protocol, wherein the different diabetes treatment protocol comprises an administration of insulin to the patient; and a display unit configured to output the computed protocol complexity level.
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